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Total enrollment down 4.8 percent, fourth consecutive semester

By Jessie Kern | September 13, 2018

DeKALB — Total enrollment has declined by 4.8 percent, making this fall the fourth consecutive semester for a near-five percent decline in enrollment, according to the 10-Day enrollment figures.Total enrollment, which consists of undergraduate, graduate...

Graduate school sees enrollment decline

By Felix Sarver | February 20, 2012

NIU graduate school enrollment was lower than in years past toward the end of 2011. As of December 2011, enrollment was at 5,365, said Paul Palian, director of media and public relations, in an email. For the 2010 end semester count, enrollment was at...

The average graduation rate for NIU students from fall 2011 to fall 2006 stands at 26 percent for four-year students, 47.8 percent for five-year students and 52.5 percent for six-year students.

Retention and graduation rates affect students, university

By Jessica Sabbah | May 3, 2011

Since fall 2006, NIU has seen a decline in enrollment by about 5.8 percent. Although NIU is not the only four-year Illinois public institution to suffer a dip in enrollment between fall 2006 and fall 2010, other schools have grown over the past four years....